Chapter Summaries

Su Chen gave Ye Lingxi the God-Slaying Flying Dagger and asked her to stop cultivating so dangerously, but she insisted on pursuing the Dao of Invincibility so she could protect him. The next morning, a proud young woman arrived at the Mystic Hall with an elderly attendant, declaring that she had come to break off an engagement.

• Su Chen explained the God-Slaying Flying Dagger to Ye Lingxi and told it to obey her commands; Ye Lingxi kissed him on the cheek in gratitude.
• Su Chen asked Ye Lingxi to stay by his side and stop pushing herself to cultivate, but she said she wanted to become strong enough to protect him.
• Su Chen accepted Ye Lingxi's choice and promised to help her when she was in danger rather than obstruct her path.
• Yan Qingwu prepared breakfast the next morning, and Hu Xiaotian went to wake Xiao Chen and Lingxi.
• A young woman and an elderly attendant arrived outside the Mystic Hall, where she said she had come to break off an engagement and rejected the attendant's warning to be courteous.

Han Zhuo confronted Ye Ningshuang after she threatened to use force at the Mystic Hall, whose immense forces quickly cowed her. After her elder revealed that she was Su Chen’s fiancée, Han Zhuo went to verify the claim and returned to escort them inside.

• Han Zhuo questioned Ye Ningshuang, and she erupted in anger and released her Immortal Venerable Realm presence.
• Hundreds of thousands of Mystic Hall experts appeared, frightening Ye Ningshuang and prompting the old man to step in and apologize.
• The old man told Han Zhuo that Ye Ningshuang was Su Chen’s fiancée and that they had come to see the hall master’s wife.
• Han Zhuo ordered the experts to watch the pair while he went to confirm the claim.
• Ye Ningshuang agreed to keep her temper in check, and Han Zhuo returned and told her and the old man to follow him into the Mystic Hall.

Ye Ningshuang visited the Mystic Hall intending to break off her engagement, but meeting Su Chen made her reconsider. Qin An introduced them and asked Su Chen to show Ye Ningshuang around.

• Han Zhuo brought Ye Ningshuang and the old man to meet Su Yanche and Qin An, and the old man warned Ye Ningshuang not to mention ending the engagement.
• Qin An sent Han Zhuo to fetch Su Chen so he could meet his fiancée.
• Han Zhuo found Su Chen having breakfast with Yan Qingwu, Ye Lingxi, and Hu Xiaotian, and Su Chen went with him to the main hall.
• Ye Ningshuang began to explain why she had come, but seeing Su Chen made her decide not to bring up breaking off the engagement.
• Qin An introduced Su Chen to Ye Ningshuang and asked him to show her around.

Su Chen took Ye Ningshuang for a walk and told her he did not want to marry her, but she refused to end their engagement. They agreed to postpone marriage until Su Chen wanted it, and Ye Ningshuang grew more fond of him as they continued their walk.

• Ye Ningshuang left her old man behind with Qin An and walked out with Su Chen.
• Su Chen told Ye Ningshuang he did not want to marry her because they barely knew each other, but she insisted she wanted to marry him.
• Ye Ningshuang said she would keep the engagement and suggested she could win over Qin An by visiting her often.
• Su Chen agreed to leave the engagement in place on the condition that marriage would wait until he was ready, and Ye Ningshuang accepted.
• Su Chen continued showing Ye Ningshuang around, and she developed a favorable impression of him while wondering about his cultivation realm.

Ye Ningshuang asked Su Chen about his strength, but he claimed to have no realm and refused to fight her. She stayed at Su Chen's courtyard, where she met Ye Lingxi and Yan Qingwu and asked about their relationships with him.

• Ye Ningshuang asked Su Chen what realm he had, and he said he had no realm and declined her challenge to fight.
• Su Chen and Ye Ningshuang returned to the hall, where Qin An invited Ye Ningshuang to stay for a few days.
• Qin An arranged for Ye Ningshuang to stay in Su Chen's courtyard, and Su Chen reluctantly agreed.
• Su Yanche and Qin An discussed how Ye Ningshuang's visit had gone, while the old man wondered whether she had fallen for Su Chen.
• Ye Ningshuang met Ye Lingxi and Yan Qingwu at the courtyard and asked Yan Qingwu what her relationship with Su Chen was.

Su Chen introduced Yan Qingwu as his adopted sister, then Ye Ningshuang revealed she was his fiancée and tried to persuade Hu Xiaotian to leave with her. Hu Xiaotian refused to betray Su Chen, while Ye Lingxi quietly worried about her own weakness.

• Su Chen told Ye Ningshuang that Yan Qingwu was his adopted sister, and Ye Ningshuang introduced herself as his fiancée from the Azure Mist Immortal Sect.
• Ye Ningshuang recognized Hu Xiaotian as a Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox and questioned Su Chen about having one with him.
• Su Chen refused to give Hu Xiaotian to Ye Ningshuang, but said Hu Xiaotian could go with her if he chose to.
• Ye Ningshuang tried to lure Hu Xiaotian with promises of good food and drink, then displayed her Immortal Venerable Realm Sixth Layer cultivation.
• Hu Xiaotian ignored Ye Ningshuang and resolved to remain loyal to Su Chen, while Ye Lingxi privately worried that she was too weak to stand by Su Chen.

Ye Ningshuang left the Mystic Hall after discovering that Su Chen possessed miraculous Dao Comprehension Tea and becoming more curious about him. A month later, Su Chen and his companions departed for the Demon Domain, while Su Yanche revealed to Qin An that he believed Chen'er had reached the Immortal Emperor Realm.

• Ye Ningshuang tasted Su Chen's Dao Comprehension Tea, learned what it could do, and received a spatial ring of it without having to trade anything.
• After staying three days, Ye Ningshuang left the Mystic Hall and wondered how her father had known about her visit and why he had let her go.
• One month later, Su Chen and his companions prepared to leave for the Demon Domain, and Qin An asked Yan Qingwu to protect Xiao Chen and Lingxi.
• After Su Chen and the others departed, Qin An asked Su Yanche whether he had secretly sent anyone to protect them, and he said he had not.
• Su Yanche told Qin An that Chen'er might be an Immortal Emperor because they could not see through his cultivation and Immortal Sovereign experts had repeatedly lost track of him.

Su Chen, Yan Qingwu, and Ye Lingxi traveled toward the Demon Domain while Yan Qingwu explained its dangers and the status of humans there. After two months they reached the border and continued into the forest, where rustling grass and strange sounds stopped them.

• Yan Qingwu told Ye Lingxi that the Demon Domain was inhabited by Demon Beasts and that humans there were treated as slaves or food.
• Ye Lingxi eagerly continued toward the Demon Domain, and Yan Qingwu promised to protect her while teasing Su Chen.
• Su Chen and his companions traveled for two months and reached the Demon Domain’s border.
• The group entered a strange forest and walked nearly two more hours without encountering any Demon Beasts.
• The grass ahead rustled and strange sounds emerged, so Su Chen and the others stopped to investigate.

Su Chen, Yan Qingwu, and Ye Lingxi traveled through the Demon Domain, where Yan Qingwu killed two ferocious beasts that attacked them. They chose to explore before heading to the Dragon Clan and stopped at an eerie village after nightfall.

• Yan Qingwu cut down a tiger-like beast and a giant python after they attacked Su Chen and his companions.
• Su Chen told Ye Lingxi and Yan Qingwu they would enjoy the Demon Domain before visiting the Dragon Clan, and he kept his plan for surviving the journey secret.
• After traveling for half a day, Su Chen and the others found a village with lights in its windows and decided to ask to stay the night.
• Ye Lingxi, Yan Qingwu, and Su Chen entered the village, where a chill and eerie atmosphere unsettled Ye Lingxi.

Su Chen, Ye Lingxi, and Yan Qingwu sought shelter in a village in the Demon Domain, where an old man and his granddaughter told them about Illusion City. Ye Lingxi described the Human Domain as a place where humans lived safely and Demon Beasts became food, leaving the old man and Lin Sihan struggling to believe her.

• Ye Lingxi called out in the village, causing the locals to extinguish their lights, and Su Chen explained that she had frightened them.
• An old man invited Su Chen and the others into his home, where his granddaughter Lin Sihan became captivated by Su Chen.
• The old man asked whether the visitors came from Illusion City, and Ye Lingxi explained that they were from the Human Domain.
• Lin Sihan described Illusion City as humanity's refuge from Demon Beasts and asked whether the Human Domain was as good.
• Ye Lingxi claimed the Human Domain was far better and that Demon Beasts became human food, leaving the old man and Lin Sihan astonished and doubtful.

Ye Lingxi told Lin Sihan and her grandfather about the peaceful Human Domain, stirring their longing to leave the dangerous Demon Domain. Su Chen agreed to let Lin Sihan go, but her grandfather said he would stay behind.

• Ye Lingxi spent four hours describing the Human Domain, and Lin Sihan and her grandfather began to yearn for its safety.
• Lin Sihan asked Ye Lingxi to take her to the Human Domain, and her grandfather knelt to plead for her future.
• Su Chen objected to the old man's attempt to guilt-trip them, then agreed to let Lin Sihan go when she asked directly.
• Lin Sihan asked whether she could bring her grandfather, but he told her to go without him.

Su Chen agreed to take Lin Zheng and Lin Sihan to the Human Domain, but a Demon Beast attacked before they could leave. After Ye Lingxi killed it and Su Chen killed a man who stared at her and Yan Qingwu, Lin Zheng warned that the beast’s king would seek revenge.

• Su Chen agreed that Lin Zheng and Lin Sihan could accompany the group to the Human Domain after they finished their business.
• A three-headed Demon Beast broke into the house and threatened to kill Lin Zheng and Lin Sihan, saying its king had kept them alive as breeding stock.
• Ye Lingxi killed the Demon Beast with a single sword strike and reassured Lin Zheng and Lin Sihan.
• When a man leered at Ye Lingxi and Yan Qingwu, Su Chen killed him and warned everyone not to look again.
• Lin Zheng apologized for the villagers and suggested fleeing before the dead beast’s king retaliated.

Su Chen and his companions stayed in the village after learning that a cruel flood dragon at the Immortal Saint Realm Seventh Level ruled the surrounding territory. When the flood dragon and its horde arrived, the villagers hid behind Su Chen and his companions, leaving their fate in their hands.

• Lin Zheng warned Ye Lingxi and Yan Qingwu that the flood dragon devoured thousands of people and tortured its victims.
• Some villagers fled, while the rest chose to trust Su Chen and his companions because they could not escape the flood dragon's territory.
• Ye Lingxi reassured Lin Sihan that the flood dragon posed no threat and claimed that even a thousand flood dragons could not match Su Chen and Yan Qingwu.
• Su Chen sensed the attackers approaching, rose, and led the others outside as terrifying Yao Qi spread through the village.
• The flood dragon appeared with a vast horde of vicious beasts, and the frightened villagers rushed to hide behind Su Chen and his companions.

Su Chen struck the flood dragon down with one kick, leaving the beast terrified and the gathered humans and Demon Beasts stunned. When Su Chen confronted it over eating humans, the flood dragon denied the accusation and claimed it only ate grass.

• The flood dragon appeared with the gruesomely killed people who had fled earlier, terrifying the crowd, while Ye Lingxi reassured Lin Sihan.
• Su Chen provoked the flood dragon, then vanished and struck it with a kick that sent it crashing into the ground, gravely wounded.
• The Demon Beasts and humans reacted with shock, and Lin Zheng realized Ye Lingxi had been right about Su Chen's strength.
• The flood dragon recognized Su Chen's overwhelming power, feared for its life, and meekly submitted to him.
• Su Chen asked whether the flood dragon ate humans, and it denied the charge and claimed it liked eating grass.

Su Chen overpowered the flood dragon and asked Ye Lingxi and Yan Qingwu whether they wanted to eat it. After the dragon tried to fight back and was suppressed with one word, Yan Qingwu stopped the other Demon Beasts from fleeing, while Ye Lingxi and Hu Xiaotian asked when they could eat.

• Su Chen asked the flood dragon how it wanted to die, then suggested eating its meat to Ye Lingxi and Yan Qingwu.
• Hu Xiaotian eagerly agreed to try flood dragon meat, and the flood dragon begged Su Chen to abandon the idea.
• The flood dragon unleashed its power, charged Su Chen, and called on the other Demon Beasts to attack with it.
• Su Chen said “Suppress” and pinned the flood dragon to the ground with a single word.
• The Demon Beasts realized Su Chen was likely an Immortal Sovereign and tried to retreat, but Yan Qingwu warned that they would die if they moved.
• Ye Lingxi and Hu Xiaotian said they were hungry and asked when they could eat the flood dragon.

Su Chen spared the flood dragon after learning she knew the way to Illusion City, and ordered her to take him there. The flood dragon, Bi Yao, transformed into a woman, stopped her subordinates from hunting humans in the village, and returned to Su Chen.

• The flood dragon trembled as Su Chen approached, believing he intended to kill her, but he offered her a chance to live.
• Su Chen asked whether the flood dragon knew where Illusion City was and ordered her to take him there.
• Su Chen released the force pinning the flood dragon down, and she transformed into a woman named Bi Yao.
• Su Chen ordered Bi Yao to forbid her subordinates from hunting humans in the village.
• Bi Yao told the Demon Beasts to stop killing humans and sent them away before returning to Su Chen.

Su Chen killed a villager who challenged him after he spared Bi Yao, then left with Ye Lingxi and Yan Qingwu. The villagers turned on Lin Zheng and Lin Sihan for refusing to plead for them, but a flash of sword light stopped them as they pursued the pair.

• Bi Yao asked Su Chen whether he was from Illusion City and how he had become so strong, but Su Chen refused to explain.
• When a villager demanded that Su Chen kill Bi Yao and avenge their people, Su Chen beheaded him and warned the others not to question him.
• Su Chen left with Ye Lingxi and Yan Qingwu, while Ye Lingxi promised Lin Sihan that they would return for her and Lin Zheng.
• After Su Chen and the others left, the villagers blamed Lin Sihan and Lin Zheng for not pleading on their behalf and chased them when they tried to flee.
• The villagers caught Lin Zheng and Lin Sihan, and as the crowd confronted them, a flash of sword light swept across the scene and left the villagers frozen in fear.

After Su Chen and his companions left Lin Zheng and Lin Sihan in the village, Bi Yao protected them and led the group toward Illusion City. On the journey, Bi Yao discovered Hu Xiaotian was a Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox, and Ye Lingxi revealed that she and Su Chen came from the Human Domain.

• Lin Zheng took Lin Sihan inside after they witnessed the villagers being beheaded, then stayed behind to dispose of the corpses while she thought about Su Chen.
• Bi Yao told Ye Lingxi that her subordinates would secretly protect Lin Zheng and Lin Sihan, and denied rumors that she devoured people.
• Bi Yao recognized Hu Xiaotian as a Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox and explained that the Qingqiu Fox Clan's king was a Peak Immortal Emperor.
• Su Chen told Bi Yao to lead the way, and she carried Su Chen, Ye Lingxi, and Yan Qingwu toward Illusion City, a journey expected to take at least three months.
• Bi Yao asked why the group was going to Illusion City, and Ye Lingxi said they wanted to look around despite the locals' hostility toward outsiders.
• With Su Chen's permission, Ye Lingxi told Bi Yao that they came from the Human Domain, where humans ruled.

Ye Lingxi learned about Illusion City’s powerful lord and the divisions among the Demon Race as Su Chen explained why its residents distrusted outsiders. After reaching the outskirts, Su Chen and his companions continued toward the city, and Bi Yao warned them that taking the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox could provoke trouble.

• Bi Yao told Ye Lingxi that Illusion City was divided into an outer city and an inner city, and that its lord was a Peak Immortal Emperor who had once fought the Dragon Clan’s patriarch alone.
• Su Chen told Ye Lingxi that most people protected their own interests, while Bi Yao explained that the Demon Race’s factions were too divided to unite against Illusion City.
• Three months passed as Bi Yao guided Su Chen, Ye Lingxi, and Yan Qingwu toward Illusion City, with Yan Qingwu dealing with any trouble along the way.
• Bi Yao stopped a million li from Illusion City and pointed Su Chen and the others toward it, then warned Su Chen that the city’s people were unfriendly to outsiders.
• Bi Yao advised Su Chen not to take the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox into Illusion City because its residents might try to seize it.

Su Chen and his companions reached Illusion City, where the gatekeeper refused to let them enter. A powerful carriage party arrived, and Yan Qingwu defeated its commander, who then demanded to know who she was.

• Hu Xiaotian concealed his extra tails so he could enter the city without drawing attention.
• Su Chen, Ye Lingxi, Yan Qingwu, and Hu Xiaotian reached Illusion City, but an unseen gatekeeper told them to leave.
• Su Chen suggested fighting their way into the city, and a carriage pulled by nine divine birds approached with golden-armored experts.
• The carriage's commander ordered the group to leave or die, and Yan Qingwu stepped forward to protect Ye Lingxi.
• Yan Qingwu struck down the commander with her sword, and he asked her who she was.